Action Girls in YA / teen fiction
Discover thrilling YA action books with fierce heroines! Explore top teen fiction featuring brave girls in adventure, fantasy, and dystopian tales. Perfect for fans of strong female leads.
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
by Ally Carter
Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school taught advanced martial …
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The Mediator #1: Shadowland
by Meg Cabot
Shadowland is the first book in the thrilling, romantic Mediator series, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot. Suze …
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The General
by Robert Muchamore
James Adams and his sister Lauren take on a training mission in the desert near Las Vegas, but find big trouble waiting in the form …
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Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb
by Kirsten Miller
Kiki Strike and the Irregulars saved the world last night. You might want to send them a thank you note. Ananka Fishbein’s mother considers her …
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The Birth of Venus
by Kelley Townley
An action thriller for teens set in the glittering world of fine art. Catherine Lock is having a very bad day. Teased and friendless at …
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 4: Time of Your Life
by Joss Whedon
Willow and Buffy head to New York City to unlock the secrets of Buffy's mysterious scythe, when something goes terribly awry. Buffy is propelled into …
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Twisted
by Christine Harris
Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and orphan, is an agent for C2, a secret organization. It is hard to separate the bad guys from the good …
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The Book of the Sword
by Carrie Asai
Adopted by a Japanese crime boss as a toddler, Heaven Kogo, now 17, is to be married off. The wedding is crashed by a ninja …
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Venus Spring, Stunt Girl
by Jonny Zucker
Venus Spring is more than ready for summer Stunt Camp. Her granddad, Dennis - one of the country's top stuntmen - has been training her …
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Out of the Shadows
by Carol Hedges
From school girl to spy girl - all in a day's work for wannabe secret agent Jazmin Dawson. Jazmin has been given a new mission: …
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Empty Quarter
by Julia Golding
Expats, espionage and exotic destinations. "Empty Quarter" is gripping - you won't be able to put it down.Darcie's stuck aboard a cruise ship for problem …
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Final Shot
by Sam Hutton
Will Anderson, Britain's number one tennis player, is about to become a murderer's next victim. Luckily though, he has just met Maddie at a party, …
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Danger
by Christine Harris
Jesse's new assignment is no game--it's dead serious. Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and secret agent, must find a bomb in a crowded railway station...before the …
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Fugitive
by Christine Harris
When young secret agent Jesse Sharpe is assigned by C2 to bring in a man named Ari, Jesse has a hard time figuring out how …
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
by Kirsten Miller
Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her New …
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The Mediator #3: Reunion
by Meg Cabot
The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them—since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers …
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The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour
by Meg Cabot
When the nineteenth--century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation -- …
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The Mediator #6: Twilight
by Meg Cabot
Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly …
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The Mediator #5: Haunted
by Meg Cabot
Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh—and—blood guy, is warm …
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Love You to Death
by Meg Cabot
Being a mediator doesn't exactly make Susannah Simon your typical sixteen-year-old. Her job is to ease the path for the unhappy dead to their final …
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Young Blood
by Meg Cabot
Starring Susannah Simon, the sassiest ghost-hunter ever! Suze should be spending the summer vacation at the beach. Instead she's been forced to get a babysitting …
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
by Ally Carter
After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's …
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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
by Ally Carter
When Cammie Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she’s in for an exciting end to her summer. After all, she’s there to …
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The Recruit
by Robert Muchamore
When James is recently orphaned, he is recruited by a secret agency for his math skills and must undergo one hundred days of grueling training.
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Deep End
by Sam Hutton
Your life can change in a second. Maddie Cooper's did. She and her parents were gunned down in the street. Maddie's mother was killed, her …
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City of Glass
by Cassandra Clare
City of fallen angels: As mysterious murders threaten the new peace between Shadowhunters and Downworlders, only Simon, the Daylighter vampire, can help bring both groups …
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City of Ashes
by Cassandra Clare
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters …
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Valiant
by Holly Black
When she runs away to New York, seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell finds that escape from her own reality is impossible as she encounters colorful, desperate, and …
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Tithe
by Holly Black
After returning home from a tour with her mother's rock band, sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself …
